Usually means: Surpassing all others; very distinguished.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word preeminent:

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  1. preeminent: Merriam-Webster
  2. preeminent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preeminent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preeminent: Vocabulary.com
  5. Preeminent, preeminent: Wordnik
  6. preeminent: Wiktionary
  7. preeminent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. preeminent (pre-eminent): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. preeminent: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Preeminent, preeminent: Dictionary.com
  11. preeminent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Preeminent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Preeminent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. preeminent: Rhymezone
  15. Preeminent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. preeminent: FreeDictionary.org
  17. preeminent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. preeminent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preeminent: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preeminent: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.

Similar:
superior, leading, greatest, preëminent, præeminent, pre-eminent, preeminant, supereminent, outstanding, prominent, more...

Opposite:
inferior, subordinate, second-rate

Types:
supreme, exalted, lofty, eminent, august, more...

Adjectives:
right, most, long, own, earlier

Colors:
    gold,     platinum,     royal blue,     emerald,     crimson, more...

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Similar:
superior, leading, greatest, preëminent, præeminent, pre-eminent, preeminant, supereminent, outstanding, prominent, more...

Opposite:
inferior, subordinate, second-rate

Types:
supreme, exalted, lofty, eminent, august, more...

Adjectives:
right, most, long, own, earlier

Colors:
    gold,     platinum,     royal blue,     emerald,     crimson, more...



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